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20 May 2013
MPs reject legal protection for religious anti-gay equality beliefs 15 An amendment proposed by Conservative MP Edward Leigh, a staunch equal marriage opponent, to amend the Equality Act in order to provide further legal protections for those who disagree with allowing gay couples to marry has been defeated by the House of Commons.
17 May 2013
Scotland: Trans woman threatened with ban from shopping centre for using ladies’ toilets 36 A transgender woman has claimed she was threatened with being banned from a shopping centre, after someone complained about her using the ladies' toilets.
14 May 2013
Isle of Man: Methodist minister defends discriminating against lesbian couple who wanted to rent his property 24 A Methodist minister on the Isle of Man has defended refusing to rent out his house to a lesbian couple.
30 March 2013
UK: Printer claims working with LGBT magazine would contradict his faith 53 The editor of an LGBT magazine in Northern Ireland said he was "hurt" by a printer's refusal to work with him on the grounds that he was "not comfortable" associating with the magazine's target audience.
21 March 2013
Cornwall: Anti-gay Christian B&B couple claim they can legally turn away gay couples 112 Two Christian guesthouse say they can now legally turn away unmarried straight and gay couples.
30 January 2013
UK: 86 MPs vote to change the Equality Act in same-sex marriage amendment debate 32 A bill proposed by a Conservative MP to amend the Equality Act in order to provide further legal protections for those who disagree with equal marriage has received the support of 86 MPs - but it's unlikely to become law.
23 January 2013
Tory MP calls for Equality Act changes to prevent repeat of Facebook anti-equal marriage dismissal 19 Conservative MP Edward Leigh wants to amend the Equality Act to prevent discrimination on the grounds of a person's definition of marriage, citing the case of a manager fired for saying he was against equal marriage on Facebook.
28 December 2012
Manchester: Road survey criticised for asking gender-related questions 24 Local government officials in Greater Manchester have defended a transport public consultation document that asks respondents to identity their race, sexuality and gender following complaints.
21 November 2012
Church of England isolated further on equal marriage following bishop vote 38 The COE's decision to vote against the introduction of women bishops is also likely to undermine its opposition to marriage equality, according to an Anglican theologian.
20 November 2012
PM criticised over Equality assessment reforms 8 David Cameron has been criticised by the NUS after announcing plans to remove assessments that are designed to ensure the government is complying with the Equality Act.
18 October 2012
UK: Gay couple win B&B case against Christian owners 81 Michael Black and John Morgan have each been awarded £1,800 each at Reading County Court.
28 September 2012
Comment: Gay Tories: an oxymoron? 197 Writing for PinkNews.co.uk, Labour Party supporter Alex Glasner compares his party’s LGBT record with the Conservatives – ahead of next week’s Labour Party Conference.
20 September 2012
Video: Culture Secretary Maria Miller comes @Out4Marriage and defends record 39 The new Culture Secretary Maria Miller has once again signalled her full backing to the coalition’s policy on equal marriage by recording a video for the Out4Marriage campaign.
13 September 2012
UK Catholic adoption charity resumes anti-gay legal fight 49 Catholic Care’s latest appeal in its ongoing campaign to be allowed to prevent gay couples from using its adoption services has begun at the Upper Tribunal in central London.
10 September 2012
New UK culture secretary supports equal marriage, saying marriage should be for ‘everyone’ 67 Conservative MP Maria Miller has signalled her full backing to the coalition’s policy on same-sex marriage.
7 September 2012
Culture Secretary Maria Miller appeals for dialogue with gay community 70 The UK’s new culture secretary, who was controversially given the responsibility of looking after the Government Equalities Office in this week’s reshuffle, is keen to begin discussions with LGBT organisations.
3 September 2012
Cornwall: Catholic school fails to distance itself from anti-gay row 27 St Michael’s Catholic free school in Truro is the UK’s first government-funded Catholic free secondary and in a recent meeting, a member of the public said the school would not teach gay “nonsense”.
19 July 2012
Scotland ‘needs faith opt-out from Westminster’ for equal marriage 192 The Scottish government will 'need' clarification of the UK-wide Equality Act to ensure religious celebrants are not forced to conduct gay weddings against their will, according to a leaked email.
29 February 2012
Debate on anti-gay texts in schools reaches Lords 40 The questions about whether and in what way children can be shown anti-gay texts in schools continued with an exchange in the House of Lords yesterday.
21 February 2012
Gove urged to clarify position on anti-gay texts in schools 61 Michael Gove's reported response to an enquiry about homophobic leaflets being shown to schoolchildren in Lancashire has prompted confusion over when pupils can legally be shown anti-gay texts.

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